
Women of Color – Resource Kit
In our multi-demographic world, we all thrive when we embrace the perspectives, lived experiences, and all-encompassing intersectionality of our humanity. Because the challenges Utah women and girls face disproportionally affect minority women and girls, it is critical that we don’t ignore the populations in our community who are hit hardest, and we bring to the table diverse voices representing all race/ethnic groups. Although the Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) includes race/ethnic data, when available in all our reports and analyses, this webpage includes specific resources focused on Women of Color. A Bolder Way Forward (BWF) has a Race & Ethnicity Belonging Team that has also offered resources as well. To get involved in positive change, take action by exploring what you can do as individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Key Resources
- Conversation Guide: Refugees in Utah (Handout)
- Conversation Guide: Utah, Women, & Belonging (Handout)
- Conversation Guide: Utah Women & Race/Ethnicity (Handout)
- Race & Ethnicity: What Utahns Need to Know (Handout)
- Refugees & Immigrants: What Utahns Need to Know (Handout)
- Video: Exploring the Intersectionality of Race & Gender
- Video: The Status & Experiences of Utah Women of Color
Research Reports
- Belonging in Utah: Findings from Community Conversations with Women of Color - 2025
- Community Conversations with Utah Women of Color - Backgrounds & Method - 2022
- Safety First: The Health Implications of Social Belonging Among Utah Women - 2023
- The Collective Experiences of Women of Color in Utah Research Summary - 2024
- The Experiences of Asian Women in Utah - 2022
- The Experiences of Black Women in Utah - 2022
- The Experiences of New American Women in Utah - 2022
- The Experiences of Pacific Islander Women in Utah - 2022
- The Experiences of Utah Indigenous Women - 2022
- The Experiences of Utah Latinas - 2022
- The Status of Utah American Indian Women - 2022
- The Status of Utah Asian Women - 2022
- The Status of Utah Black Women - 2022
- The Status of Utah Hispanic or Latina Women - 2022
- The Status of Utah Pacific Islander Women - 2022
Podcasts
- Exploring the Intersectionality of Race & Gender
- The Status & Experiences of Utah American Indian Women
- The Status & Experiences of Utah Asian Women
- The Status & Experiences of Utah Black Women
- The Status & Experiences of Utah Hispanic or Latina Women
- The Status & Experiences of Utah Pacific Islander Women
Articles & Editorials
- Belonging in Utah: Findings from Community Conversations with Women of Color (LinkedIn, 2026)
- Community Conversations with Asian and Black Utah Women (LinkedIn, 2024)
- Community Conversations with Indigenous and New America Women (LinkedIn, 2024)
- Community Conversations with Latina and Pacific Islander Women in Utah (LinkedIn, 2024)
- Education Opens Doors — But Utah’s Women of Color Face More Obstacles (Deseret News, 2022)
Community Research
- Complete Health Indicator Report of Utah Population Characteristics: Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Population (Utah Department of Health & Human Services)
- Data Book: Diversity in Utah: Race, Ethnicity, and Sex (Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2021)
- Data Book: Utah Demographic Characteristics (Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, 2024)
- New American Task Force 2023-2024 Progress Report (The Center for Economic Opportunity & Belonging & Utah Center for Global Talent)
- Refugees in Utah (Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute)
- The Status of Women in the States: Women’s Economic Status in the States – Wide Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, and Region (Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2020)
- Twenty Years of Health Data for American Indian/Alaska Native Communities in Utah [search “women”] (Utah Department of Health and Human Services, 2023)
- Twenty Years of Health Data for Asian/Asian American Communities in Utah [search “women”] (Utah Department of Health and Human Services, 2023)
- Twenty Years of Health Data for Black/African American Communities in Utah [search “women”] (Utah Department of Health and Human Services, 2023)
- Twenty Years of Health Data for Hispanic/Latino Communities in Utah [search “women”] (Utah Department of Health and Human Services, 2023)
- Twenty Years of Health Data for Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Communities in Utah [search “women”] (Utah Department of Health and Human Services, 2023)
- Twenty Years of Health Data for White, Non-Hispanic Communities in Utah [search “women”] (Utah Department of Health and Human Services, 2023)
- Utah’s Increasing Diversity: Population Projections by Race/ Ethnicity (Kem Gardner Policy Institute, 2019)

- County Health Rankings & Roadmaps
- Diversity in Utah – EDC Utah
- Embracing Every Student: The Importance of Supporting Multilingual Learners in Utah
- Family Preparedness Plan: What You Need to Know
- How to Support Refugees in Salt Lake City
- Immigrant Family Policies – Voices for Utah Children
- Refugee Resources – Workforce Services
- Utah Multicultural & Community Organizations
- Asian Association of Utah
- Cache Refugee & Immigrant Connection
- Center for Research on Race, Health Justice and Public Policy
- Communities United/Comunidades Unidas
- Economic Development Corporation of Utah – Diversity
- International Rescue Committee – Utah
- Office of Refugee Resettlement
- Refugee Health
- Refugee Services
- The Center for Economic Opportunity & Belonging
- Utah Center for Global Talent
- Utah Citizenship Hub
- Utah Division of Multicultural Affairs
- Utah Immigration Collaborative
- Utah Refugee Connection
- Utah Women & Leadership Project
- Women of the World